Pluvia Vase, Large

A generous porcelain form that commands a console or center table with quiet authority, the Pluvia Vase in its large scale carries hand-painted surface work that reads as both painterly and architectural. The breadth of its profile — seventeen inches at its widest — gives it the settled presence of a sculptural object rather than mere ornament. From John Richard, it speaks to a tradition of decorative art in which craft and composition are held in equal regard.